Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-09
The Next National Convention Of Re.
publicans viii be held at Chi
cago on June 10.
The Indications are that Ar the Accu-
salons Against CapfSin Lee Hsli
VIII be Cleared Away.
This Texas Delegation Expresses Itself a,
Solid for Reduction of tbe Surplus
in tho Treasury.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL coMMIrrEE.

national committee was called to order q
IL O'Clock this morning in room IsO of n
Arlington hotel, by B. T. Jones OF Penn
sJlvanis, Samuel Fessen6en OF Connect
cut acting as secretary. In brief speecl
| Chairman Jones stated the Obi ct Of to-
meeting as follows: Gentlemen, tn
m9eting of the committee is for the pur
pose OF selecting time and place for TIL
holding Of the next Republican n.tlona
convention; also to consider suca othe
matters IS may be brought before if
The momentum acquired by twenty fivt
years of the prevalence of r 'publicaI
! principles has not yet lost its force, anC
the interests of the country are prosper
GUS as & result of Republican industrial
legislation. Recent utterances Indicate s
determination to end this prosperity by
adverse legislation forced upon the coun-
try by an administration hostile t.
| American industry, and also indicRt
t5e necessity of the return to poHei
of the Republican party in the nationaI
government, so that American industry
| wool growing and sug8r raising, equals
with iron making and textile production,
may have continued prosperity, and en-
pl0yment and continued good wages,
such as American w0rkmen receive"
1t was f 1ally decided that fifteen min.
utes should DE accorded each delegation,
and tie first deleg cation vas that from
Minnesota Ex-senator Window gave
reasons why he thought Minneapolis
should be favored by the committee. He
guaranteed On the part of the citiz MS OF
that CRY the travelling expenses
of the delegates should not
be greater than if the eonven.
ton should be held in Chicago
Ample hotel accommodation would be
provided st the usual rates. AIIexpauses
OF ths convention and all the usual
cOurtesies would be extended the con-
ventiou. A hall with a sesting capacity
OF over II 900 would be extended for the
meeting of the convention, and suitable
headquarters for every state and territory
would be provided in the same building
ST, Paul and Minneapolis were united in
an Effort to secure the convention 81
the latter place. Minuesota was neutral
ss TO the candidates and ell would be
treated well. The issue had been made
by the President in his message and the
Republican party mQs5 act upon II. The
issue Was protection or free trade. The
President had adopted form Of message
never before heard of. he had forgotten
to acknowledge even what divine Provi
dence had done for the country and had
rushed into the tariff Between the two
parties he was glad that the issue
had been made. Did the gentlemen think
that the question was 30 be between free
trade and tariff. It was necessary to
carry Goals to NV Castle By going TO
Philadelphia to make a Republican plat
form. The Democrats Knew there was
an element in the Republican party Of the
northwest that was not as sound on the
question OF protection as it ought to be
WsS it not to the interest of this com
mlttee to take the convention to the great
northwest, where it would do the most
good?
Senator Window alluded to the pro-
pDquity Of Minneapolis to the great Ter
rit0Ty of Dakota, and severely arrsIgned
the Democratic party for refusing TO
grant admission to the Union to q state
or territory cont&ining 600 900 people be-
cause they were Republicans.
General j. B. Henderson Of Missouri,
acted as spokesman for the delegation OF
gents men to present the advantages of
st. L )uis. He presented plans of the
music hall of St. Louis, and exp!sined
that in this building the convention might
have the choice of halls, one accommn-
dating 900, one G000 and one IL 900
persons. He argued that the railroad
facilities Of that city were eXcelled by none
and in behalf of the City he promised
fairness of treatment to all candidates
NH mil hn -
suffrsges of the convention. He referred
TO The Il 5ht which the R pu5lcsns Of his
state had been making since the war and
the continual defeat which they had met
He predicted, however. ihst the electoral
vote OF Missouri would in the next cleo
ton he found in favor of the nomiaee of
the Republican convention whoever it
might be.
Colonel Dyer of St. Louis in vigorous
speech seconded HendersoD's. St Louis
should be chosen and he declared that as
On fsir vote that city was Republican,
TIE holding Of the convention there
would greatly encourage and help Mis-
souri, republicans in their fight on the
issue made by the Presidents message.
R-puhlicans could 60 into the mining and
portions of the
state aud carry Missouri for
the r publican party. Applause.
Mayor R 9che of Chicago, in business
like manner, detailed the conveniences
which could be accorded the members of
the convention by Chicago. Chicago pro-
poses 10 90 as much and more for the
accommodation of the convention than
she had done four years ago, and he
claimed she was better prepared than any
other city in the country to :are for the
visitors OF the convention.
Senator CullolI earnestly urged the
committee to. select Chicago, and made a
brief resume of the hotel, railroad end
telegraph facilities of the city. Chicago
to-day was IN favor of protection and had
much 10 do in graphing with the eleme ut
OF communism and socialism that had
been spreading over the county. It had
been settled by the authorities of Illinois
that men who disregsrded the rights of
property, law sDd government could not
live In Chicago. Applause. He hoped
Caicsgo would be selected, out whether
il were or not Illinois and Minnesota and